• Conservation Desktop (CD) and Conservation Assessment Ranking Tool (CART) would like to present “interpretation” soil maps and tabular results based upon both soils and non-soils spatial data sources. This is not feasible with the current implementation of “Soil Data Access” (SDA) Web services.

• About SVI – Nutrient Runoff
• Identify inherent vulnerability of cropland to runoff and leaching

Why

• Larger dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico

• Help conservation planners identify vulnerable areas within land units for nutrient runoff

• To support NRCS conservation planners in their work with clients. Assist conservation planners as they analyze existing resource conditions, assess site vulnerability, and formulate and evaluate alternative actions

• Combine a new data source, accessible as a “view” within the soil data mart database, with the appropriate SQL query(ies) to yield interpretation values by soil type (i.e., “map units”).

• Add additional queries to define associated colors and legends, then present the map image and tabular results in a Web page.

• Opens the door to map creation for new “interpretations” that are not immediately available as part of Web Soil Survey or Soil Data Access Web applications.